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god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the house returns at 10 p.m. a bill to end the energy department loan guarantee program. the senate gavel's and the and is scheduled to work on a jobs bill for veterans. at 10:00 on c-span 3, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau will give a progress report at a senate banking committee hearing. banking committee hearing.
god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the house returns at 10 p.m. a bill to end the energy department loan guarantee program. the senate gavel's and the and is scheduled to work on a jobs bill for veterans. at 10:00 on c-span 3, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau will give a progress report at a senate banking committee hearing. banking committee hearing.
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in the united states. when we have happy democracy and everybody is talking about promoting democracy, then something tragic happens and then the mood changes from democracy to security. we all completely forget about promoting democracy and working with a civil society and trying to implement what we would like the other countrythat can lead t that happened in the past of supporting dictators, carrying deals with warlords, and the sky is the limit when you try to think about security, so this is another danger we have to worry about, and i think ultimately, and we have to help the libyan government understand now they need to take action, and these actions impact the security and the stability of the country, and partnering with a new government, and helping guide it without the initiative to do things i think will be the key to the future it is called the strategy of tension in counter- terrorism. people are happy if someone takes power. there was somebody else? are there any other questions? >> thank yo
in the united states. when we have happy democracy and everybody is talking about promoting democracy, then something tragic happens and then the mood changes from democracy to security. we all completely forget about promoting democracy and working with a civil society and trying to implement what we would like the other countrythat can lead t that happened in the past of supporting dictators, carrying deals with warlords, and the sky is the limit when you try to think about security, so this...
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states. -- candidate for president of the united states. i will now ask the secretary to call the role of the united states. >> good evening. delegates, now it is your turn to vote for our president. [applause] barack obama has been duly nominated and seconded by this convention, and thank you, president clinton, for that amazing speech. we will now begin to roll call of states. according to our rules, this shall proceed until our nominee is selected and continue until all 56 delegations have publicly delivered their vote, because we know that every state counts and every vote is precious. [applause] tonight, we renominate our friend, leader, and america's president, barack obama. so, let us began. alabama. [applause] alabama? you have 69 votes. >> madam secretary, i am the chair of the alabama delegation, representing the great state of alabama. the state where the 1965 -- and nurtured by blood, sweat, and tears. alabama has more black elected officials per-capita than any state in the nation. the right to vote is worth dying for, a state
states. -- candidate for president of the united states. i will now ask the secretary to call the role of the united states. >> good evening. delegates, now it is your turn to vote for our president. [applause] barack obama has been duly nominated and seconded by this convention, and thank you, president clinton, for that amazing speech. we will now begin to roll call of states. according to our rules, this shall proceed until our nominee is selected and continue until all 56 delegations...
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try with all the energy of the united states. the russians, lots of permission i had, they were very tough with hillary -- the last information i have, they were very tough with hillary clinton. we are in a difficult situation. we did it in kosovo. the new secretary-general said this is humanitarian activity. the responsibility to protect its to late. we should have used it before. we are in a messy situation. i do not know the prescription. so i stop here and let's see you illuminate us more. [laughter] >> everything he said as accurate. syria as far more complicated than libya or any of the others. we have a leader -- they have a leader i had met on numerous occasions to i do not like. he is a despot. he has taken over his father's role as a despot in chief of syria. i think people thought this might go just as easily as tunisia, egypt and with a little more time, libya. it is never going to happen. he has a military force that has demonstrated its competency over the last year-and-a-half. he also realizes that it is not just a
try with all the energy of the united states. the russians, lots of permission i had, they were very tough with hillary -- the last information i have, they were very tough with hillary clinton. we are in a difficult situation. we did it in kosovo. the new secretary-general said this is humanitarian activity. the responsibility to protect its to late. we should have used it before. we are in a messy situation. i do not know the prescription. so i stop here and let's see you illuminate us more....
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and they got last the united states of america. -- may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> please welcome elaine bry from winona, ohio. >> what they mom like me doing in a place like this? i'm not a political person but i am a military mom. [applause] my husband and i are so proud of our five kids. 1 each are in the army, navy, the air force, and the marines. [applause] our youngest is still in high school and yes, we are hoping he will join the coast guard. [laughter] they are moms most precious treasures. i don't know when i will get them together again because one of them is always deploying. because of dr. biden and the first lady, our lives are a little bit easier along with president obama, they have made help the military families a top priority. they have brought together the american people including thousands of businesses to become part of a nationwide support network. it is and brigitte it is honor and respect in action. -- it is honor and respect in action and it warns this mother's heart. [applause] last december, i wrote m
and they got last the united states of america. -- may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> please welcome elaine bry from winona, ohio. >> what they mom like me doing in a place like this? i'm not a political person but i am a military mom. [applause] my husband and i are so proud of our five kids. 1 each are in the army, navy, the air force, and the marines. [applause] our youngest is still in high school and yes, we are hoping he...
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the united states has 100,000 janitors which caught -- with college degrees. evidence that not everyone should be going too costly conventional colleges. do you agree or disagree with that and what ideas for college reform do you have? >> let's start with part of it. when we see people who have college diplomas to have jobs that do not require college diplomas, that is because we have an economy that is not yet strong and we are not producing enough growth. this is because we have not been making the investments in our future. i want to be clear about this. i meet people to help the commonwealth of massachusetts. it worked hard. take that out there and they get their diplomas. i met someone in worster who said, i cannot find a job. i moved back in with my mom and dad and i am starting to run out of hope. that is not the -- that cannot be the kind of economy we build. we need a better educated work force. we need people educated in science, engineering, mathematics. we need a well-educated work force so we can build a strong future. this is how we build a futur
the united states has 100,000 janitors which caught -- with college degrees. evidence that not everyone should be going too costly conventional colleges. do you agree or disagree with that and what ideas for college reform do you have? >> let's start with part of it. when we see people who have college diplomas to have jobs that do not require college diplomas, that is because we have an economy that is not yet strong and we are not producing enough growth. this is because we have not...
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united states of america. >> mr. president, mr. secretary general, fellow delegates, ladies and gentleman, i would like to begin today by telling you about an american named chris stevens. chris was born in a town called grass valley, california, the son of a lawyer and a musician. as a young man, chris joined the peace corps, and taught english in morocco. and he came to love and respect the people of north africa and the middle east. he would carry that commitment throughout his life. as a diplomat, he worked from egypt to syria, from saudi arabia to libya. he was known for walking the streets of the cities where he worked -- tasting the local food, meeting as many people as he could, speaking arabic, listening with a broad smile. chris went to benghazi in the early days of the libyan revolution, arriving on a cargo ship. as america's representative, he helped the libyan people as they coped with violent conflict, cared for the wounded, and crafted a vision for the future in which the rights of all libyans would be
united states of america. >> mr. president, mr. secretary general, fellow delegates, ladies and gentleman, i would like to begin today by telling you about an american named chris stevens. chris was born in a town called grass valley, california, the son of a lawyer and a musician. as a young man, chris joined the peace corps, and taught english in morocco. and he came to love and respect the people of north africa and the middle east. he would carry that commitment throughout his life....
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right here in the united states of america. [applause] when it comes to the health of our families, barack refused to listen to those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day. another president. he did not care whether it was the easy thing to do politically. that is not how he was raised. he cared that it was the right thing to do. [applause] he did it because he believed that here in america, our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine. our kids should be able to see a doctor when they are sick. and no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or illness. [applause] and he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care. [applause] that is what my husband stands for. when it comes to giving our kids reeducation they deserve, barack knows that like me and so many of you, he never could have attended college without financial aid. and believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bill w
right here in the united states of america. [applause] when it comes to the health of our families, barack refused to listen to those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day. another president. he did not care whether it was the easy thing to do politically. that is not how he was raised. he cared that it was the right thing to do. [applause] he did it because he believed that here in america, our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine. our kids should be able to...
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that is what unites states has been doing as well. i do not think that can bring about a fundamental change. we will not able to deploy our own military to protect. an inability to protect embassies will affect our ability to continue to deploy them in these countries and it will affect the economic features of the countries concerned. >> what they may be seeing regarding the very changes in the middle east is the assumption of the threats on host countries -- [indiscernible] that could have implications for security policies. >> we will see. i think you may find these events are reminder to host countries responsibilities. >> we have to be cleared differentiating between regimes and those like the libyan authorities where the will was there to try to help with the capabilities were not. -- while the capabilities or not. i think they want to meet those responsibilities as part of overcoming the legacy they have on the gadhafi regime. we have to be clear from different -- that kind of situation from something like iran. >> in that case
that is what unites states has been doing as well. i do not think that can bring about a fundamental change. we will not able to deploy our own military to protect. an inability to protect embassies will affect our ability to continue to deploy them in these countries and it will affect the economic features of the countries concerned. >> what they may be seeing regarding the very changes in the middle east is the assumption of the threats on host countries -- [indiscernible] that could...
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it is only natural that the united states with burma should have some impact on the united states relations with china. i do not think that our relations with the united states would impact, to a certain degree, on our relations with china, but i think this could be taken forward in a positive fashion. it does not mean that because of burma is engaging now with the united states that its relations with china should be in any way deteriorating. also, it does not mean that because the united states is engaging with burma, it should be in any way seen as a hostile step to china. we can use our new situation to strengthen relations between all three countries. for us to put it very simply, it would be to our advantage for the united states and china to establish friendly relations. this would help us a great deal. this is what i look forward to. burma has had a good history of preserving friendship with many different countries, following many different ideologies. it was one of the first countries to recognize communist china back in the 1950's. it was also a country which had warmer relations
it is only natural that the united states with burma should have some impact on the united states relations with china. i do not think that our relations with the united states would impact, to a certain degree, on our relations with china, but i think this could be taken forward in a positive fashion. it does not mean that because of burma is engaging now with the united states that its relations with china should be in any way deteriorating. also, it does not mean that because the united...
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god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ [playing "america the beautiful"] >> in new york city, families and friends honor to honor their loved ones were the world trade center twin stars once stood. the names of the victims were read out loud, along with six moments of silence marking when the towers were struck and when the towers fell and when the pentagon was attacked and one flight 93 crashed in pennsylvania. up next, a 15-minute portion. ... ... [bagpipes playing] ♪ >> andrew anthony. marie rose. lauren christoper. vincent paul. william abraham. paloma abraham. richard anthony. christain adam. patrick adam. donald leroy adam. steven george adam. terrence edward jr. lee adler. joseph angelo. david scott agnes. brian g. ahern. and my husband, patrick. we miss you on sunday mornings when you would wake us for breakfast. we miss that. you would get the table ready with the best china possible. we miss that. we love you. you are gone, but you'll never be forgotten. may god bless your soul. >> and maybe a fu
god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ [playing "america the beautiful"] >> in new york city, families and friends honor to honor their loved ones were the world trade center twin stars once stood. the names of the victims were read out loud, along with six moments of silence marking when the towers were struck and when the towers fell and when the pentagon was attacked and one flight 93 crashed in pennsylvania. up next, a 15-minute portion. ... ... [bagpipes...
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everyone will talk about how the president of the united states is sitting there for a long time. you have the stadium flap, then the jerusalem flat. the momentum they have got out of yesterday -- will have to see what happens tomorrow. >> the storage and tomorrow that i see is not what happened in the time warner irina. is this other stuff, what the president's speech will be, all of those things. the only speech we are talking about, anybody is talking about, is bill clinton's. there was a long roster of other people -- i do not think anybody else will talk about them. >> what is fascinating is that neither campaign thinks there'll be much of the bomb or movement in the polls from the two conventions. they think they will come out of it tied. it will be tied, probably, until we get to the debate. we all agree -- agree the debates will be in the corporate moment. there is still at 6%-10% who are not satisfied with what they got of the last four years but are not yet sold at mitt romney is a possibly safer bet to do a good job and the economy. >> one thing that will last -- presid
everyone will talk about how the president of the united states is sitting there for a long time. you have the stadium flap, then the jerusalem flat. the momentum they have got out of yesterday -- will have to see what happens tomorrow. >> the storage and tomorrow that i see is not what happened in the time warner irina. is this other stuff, what the president's speech will be, all of those things. the only speech we are talking about, anybody is talking about, is bill clinton's. there...
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god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ x republican vice-presidential candidate paul ryan was at a town hall meeting in his home state of wisconsin today. he commented on the attack against the u.s. consulate in libya, answered questions on the federal budget and government transparency. >> thanks, buddy. how are you doing? look at that. go packers. [applause] please, everybody have a seat. i do not want to make a stand the old time. i want to begin -- unfortunately, on a somber note. we woke up to some pretty disturbing news this morning. i know all americans are shocked and saddened by the news in the middle east. the attacks on a diplomatic missions in egypt and libya, the loss of four american lives, including our ambassador, j. christopher stephens. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families. i would ask it this moment that we join together in a moment of silence in memory of them. thank you. this is a time for healing an
god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ x republican vice-presidential candidate paul ryan was at a town hall meeting in his home state of wisconsin today. he commented on the attack against the u.s. consulate in libya, answered questions on the federal budget and government transparency. >> thanks, buddy. how are you doing? look at that. go packers. [applause] please, everybody have a seat. i do not want to...
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it makes our united states navy go to 1915 levels. currently we have a naval force of 283 war ships. it goes down to 230. it takes our air force down to the smallest air force we have had in modern history when we created the united states air force. it cuts nontactical fire squadrons. if you talk to any of our service chiefs, if you listen to the chairman of the joint chiefs, he talks about halling out this force. we should not be doing this at a time when w see what is happening in the world right now, when the united states of americhas had a sovereign piece of its territory attack, we have had an ambassador who has lost his life and the message we are sending is we are t going to do nothing. this bill says we have passed a plan out of the house. the senate, if you don't like our plan, come up with your own plan. mr. president, you are our commander in chief, come up with a plan. you know, one of the things you learn as a young officer, if you ever get in a firefight, if you get in an ambush, to do nothing means losing a life. thos
it makes our united states navy go to 1915 levels. currently we have a naval force of 283 war ships. it goes down to 230. it takes our air force down to the smallest air force we have had in modern history when we created the united states air force. it cuts nontactical fire squadrons. if you talk to any of our service chiefs, if you listen to the chairman of the joint chiefs, he talks about halling out this force. we should not be doing this at a time when w see what is happening in the world...
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ey live in the united states of america. and so i say to all when you point your finger and s we really don't need a government, i think we do need a government. and when we talk about standing up for our military now in these tough budget times, absolutely we should. but remember there are other overseas who also carry our flag in very dangerous areas. so let's start respecting the people for our -- who work for our government. let's make sure they have the right resources to do their job and then let our president, our talented secretary of the help work with the others to work with other world leaders to do someing to really bring about stability. so, madam president, i feel very strongly about this. i guess what you're hearing from senator mikulski is grief for what's happened in libya, worry about what's happened in cairo, tension about what continues to happen in the middle east, and then frustration about what goes on here. when after all is said and done, what is said gets done and what is said is often not very good
ey live in the united states of america. and so i say to all when you point your finger and s we really don't need a government, i think we do need a government. and when we talk about standing up for our military now in these tough budget times, absolutely we should. but remember there are other overseas who also carry our flag in very dangerous areas. so let's start respecting the people for our -- who work for our government. let's make sure they have the right resources to do their job and...
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if there is a crisis that i see in the united states for the long term, it is not the temporal issue of how we will deal with money. because i am very confident we will be able to deal with that. it is how will we bring that -- bring back our sense of what we can accomplish together as americans when we are realistic about those challenges. that is the thing i think about the word "crisis" in this country. >> mayor castro is not the first to suggest that. for 10 years now, we heard that the government is not asking all of us to do enough. >> it is interesting. the word "sacrifice," when i hear a politician say that, it usually means grab your wallet. it usually means increasing taxes. and i will give president obama credit to in his the first presidential candidate since walter mondale to run explicitly on a platform that he will raise taxes. >> he is saying he will raise taxes on the wealthy. >> according to the supreme court, he already has raised taxes. that was the basis on which the supreme court of held obamacare, that it was a tax increase. >> to mayor castro's point, people w
if there is a crisis that i see in the united states for the long term, it is not the temporal issue of how we will deal with money. because i am very confident we will be able to deal with that. it is how will we bring that -- bring back our sense of what we can accomplish together as americans when we are realistic about those challenges. that is the thing i think about the word "crisis" in this country. >> mayor castro is not the first to suggest that. for 10 years now, we...
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president of the united states. thank you very much. ♪ >> please welcome the mayor of minneapolis, minn.. >> hello, minnesota. [applause] >> it is cold, we have to cheer about something, right? it was a cold, december morning four and a half years ago we told -- we pulled our rental of college students into iowa. we went door to door, for a guy named barack obama. almost nobody in town had ever heard of him. they asked some pretty tough questions. would he stand up for the middle-class? for people like them, not just for those at the very top. they asked us, would he get us out of this mess at -- in iraq? and did he have the guts to take on the insurance companies and reform health care? conversations like this were taking place all over iowa. iowans know the real bill when you see it. they took the measure of this man. they looked him in the eye and you sent him on to be president of the united states. thank you, iowa, for that. a lot has happened since then, and we still have a long, long way to go, but today we
president of the united states. thank you very much. ♪ >> please welcome the mayor of minneapolis, minn.. >> hello, minnesota. [applause] >> it is cold, we have to cheer about something, right? it was a cold, december morning four and a half years ago we told -- we pulled our rental of college students into iowa. we went door to door, for a guy named barack obama. almost nobody in town had ever heard of him. they asked some pretty tough questions. would he stand up for the...